“You know, Mr. Ferrars, this table has twenty-two empty and perfectly comfortable seats, plus the one right next to me.” Andy grumbled, but Gabriel pretended not to hear, continuing to lean close to her, almost resting his head against her shoulder, as he pretended to be watching what she was typing on the laptop screen, rather than just enjoying the smell of her perfume or the warmth of your proximity.“Now the clause is exactly as I wanted. Great work as always, Miss. Vamcap.” he praised her with a smile, although that, as always, only made the frown on her face worse.“If you really trust my work that much, then maybe you should try staying in your office and waiting for me to email you everything. Or are you afraid that I will ruin your business if you let me work alone and in peace?” She gave an acidic smile, but Gabriel

It was very ironic that, after almost a month had passed since the day she had made that deal with Gabriel, the thing that was bothering Andy the most at that moment was not the fact that he had taken her on several dates. But he hadn't taken her anywhere else besides that first one.Not that that meant he'd left her alone, of course. Quite the opposite, in fact. He was still visiting the firm often enough to make anyone believe he now worked there and not at the firm itself. All of this had made her believe that he wouldn't waste any time in dragging her to yet another restaurant or something, especially since he seemed to be getting more and more relaxed and comfortable around her lately, always smiling and following her around like she was the most interesting thing on the face of the earth.But not. That hadn't happened. And what disturbed her most was the

Feeling regret right after arriving at a date apparently was becoming a habit in Andy's life. Although, this time, instead of standing in her car wanting to leave, Andy was standing in front of a nightclub, watching as Connor, her latest attempt at a boyfriend or something, talked to the bouncers, who didn't seem at all pleased with his attempt to jump the queue.In all her 25 years of life, she had never felt as old as she did that day, knowing that all those bright lights and loud music would make her wake up with a headache the next morning, in addition to the crowd visible next door. from inside, where she would have to hide herself, was already making her skin itch and her lungs feel suffocated by the smell of drink and smoke. But, well, once in a lifetime wouldn't kill her, would it? She had given Malcolm's seemingly refined date a chance and it had been terrible. Who knows, maybe that one could surp

“I'm going to make you regret ever putting your hands on her again…” Gabriel growled from behind Andy, again in that strange tone of voice that made it sound like he was crazy.“You can try, you piece of shit!” the idiot growled, squeezing Andy's wrist even tighter “I'm going to fuck this bitch in front of you and then break your whole face, so you can learn what happens to whoever messes with me…”But his sentence was cut short when Andy, feeling the anger levels within her reach an unbearable level, moved her free hand towards his already broken nose, hitting him with a blow that made his face explode in even more blood, before taking advantage of his screams of pain to kick him between the legs, sending him straight to the ground, being watched closely by not only the three men around them, but also the entir

Gabriel's night had started horribly when he had seen Andy entering that nightclub alongside some smiling idiot... And it had ended great, even after they had beaten up three men together and had been kicked out of a nightclub.As strange as it was, if he had the luxury of considering that night as their second meeting, then it had certainly been much more promising than the first. She had talked to him a lot more, at least.With a sigh, Gabriel closed the door to his apartment behind him, knowing that he probably shouldn't be so happy when Andrea hadn't even given him a smile or said she forgave him... But regardless of all that, just being with her, even in situations like that, it was more than enough to make him smile.Maybe he should have explained to her that he hadn't come to that place intentionally…